Afternoon Diners!
Flo, give the gang and I a Ed a Crown Royal and Brent a Royal Hudson and leave a stein outside for Ulrich.
Felt pretty today. Wife fried some bacon and the smell me sick. Did get the front yard cut and got the new smoke dector installed.
Ed Yes there is a second whistle but I really love the Banshee whistle! I was some what surprised by how small it is, but it pulls like a mule! Right now it is dragging the CB&Q F7's freight train that is 34 cars long.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
York1 I had forgotten all about that song.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
BATMAN SPSOT fan I guess Washington is the Gateway to the entire north pacific, from Alaska to China! What happened to the part between Washington and Alaska? No wonder we didn't end up in Quebec.
SPSOT fan I guess Washington is the Gateway to the entire north pacific, from Alaska to China!
What happened to the part between Washington and Alaska? No wonder we didn't end up in Quebec.
At the end of May there were conversations about where to locate in June. Quebec was mentioned , and there were no objections other suggestions.
Nobody suggeated Montana.
Montana is a nice place, but we Diners should have aged ahead of time.
Isaac ... ... Montana is fine, but it would have been good if you talked about it before June began.
My 2 cents.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
BRAKIEI was talking to the other two train buffs here at the rest home
Larry, it looks like you have enough train guys at your facility to mount a coup and turn the dining room into a trainroom. There are many senior facilities that have incorporated a layout into the place as both the male and female residents like to get involved with the hobby. I remember a care home up here that had a 30' x 50' space for a layout and on the news, they showed the ladies making hundreds of trees for it.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
SPSOT fanEd, you're making a habit of riding rival trains!
I have to maintain my loyalty to the Great Northern. My nephew has one of the sleeping cars once used on the Empire Builder and — I raise Goats:
IMG_2569 by Edmund, on Flickr
L&CP6 by Edmund, on Flickr
We're in Montana. It is a state big enough to have room for two (or more) railroads. If it will make you feel any better, I've spent some time in this car, too:
IMG_0519 by Edmund, on Flickr
ROBERT PETRICK SPSOT fan gmpullman "We're in Livingston, I presume"? Yup, the rail gateway of sorts to Yellowstone! Summer to me means vactions to places and Yellowstone is one of the most famous vacation spots accessed by the NP! Just a friendly reminder . . .
SPSOT fan gmpullman "We're in Livingston, I presume"? Yup, the rail gateway of sorts to Yellowstone! Summer to me means vactions to places and Yellowstone is one of the most famous vacation spots accessed by the NP!
gmpullman "We're in Livingston, I presume"?
"We're in Livingston, I presume"?
Yup, the rail gateway of sorts to Yellowstone! Summer to me means vactions to places and Yellowstone is one of the most famous vacation spots accessed by the NP!
Just a friendly reminder . . .
Of course, MY quote is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the "Doctor Livingstone".
Henry Morton Stanley had been sent to find him by the New York Herald newspaper in 1869. He found Livingstone in the town of Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika on 10 November 1871, greeting him with the now famous words "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
Cheers, Ed
Scanners indicate Royal Hudson container#2 has been deramped @ Malport yard in Brampton. YIPPEE!
It is only a 26-minute drive from Malport yard to Rapido. I wonder how many anxious new owners are waiting outside the door?
SPSOT fanI guess Washington is the Gateway to the entire north pacific, from Alaska to China!
ROBERT PETRICK Just a friendly reminder . . . Yellowstone is mostly in Wyoming. True, there is a little sliver in Montana and a smaller little sliver in Idaho and we don't mind sharing the greatest national park in the country with our neighbors. A few years ago the official Wyoming State Tourist Bureau got into a bit of a tussle with the Montana Tourist Office when Montana started advertising themselves as 'The Gateway to Yellowstone'. Nothing came of it of course, but my suggestion was to start calling Wyoming 'The Gateway to Mount Rushmore' and see how South Dakota would react. Anyhow, we love our Montana cousins and are very proud to have them as neighbors. Plus, Montana does not charge a sales tax.
Yellowstone is mostly in Wyoming. True, there is a little sliver in Montana and a smaller little sliver in Idaho and we don't mind sharing the greatest national park in the country with our neighbors. A few years ago the official Wyoming State Tourist Bureau got into a bit of a tussle with the Montana Tourist Office when Montana started advertising themselves as 'The Gateway to Yellowstone'. Nothing came of it of course, but my suggestion was to start calling Wyoming 'The Gateway to Mount Rushmore' and see how South Dakota would react.
Anyhow, we love our Montana cousins and are very proud to have them as neighbors. Plus, Montana does not charge a sales tax.
Duely Reminded!
Yes Yellowstone is almost entirely in Wyoming but the NP heavily advertised the park back in the day. Had to compete with those GN trains to Glacier. The NP is the closest mainlina to Yellowstone. Oh, and if you've been to Livingston Mt, you'll see alot of evidence the Yellowstone tourist trade, a big NP depot for a small town being one indication.
I guess Washington is the Gateway to the entire north pacific, from Alaska to China!
Regards, Isaac
I model my railroad and you model yours! I model my way and you model yours!
I bought my house yesterday. We are having it painted before we move in.
I will again have a train room. It should be possible to set up the trains, although I will have to reconfigure it some for the new space.
I will be back to a real computer instead of this very limited tablet I have been using for almost a year.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
ROBERT PETRICKthe Montana Tourist Office when Montana started advertising themselves as 'The Gateway to Yellowstone'. Nothing came of it of course, but my suggestion was to start calling Wyoming 'The Gateway to Mount Rushmore' and see how South Dakota would react.
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Utah is the gateway to the Grand Canyon! Well, the North Rin at least.
I hope in a few years to make another trir out West and spend a few days in Yellowstone.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
Good morning. Just a black cup of coffee please.
I turned in early last night. I enjoyed reading the 66 Mustang-cow in the backseat story this morning. It's nice to wake up to a good laugh. The things that made perfect sense to us when we were out on a bender When We Were Young
Judy got the scoop on the train ride today. We are going to depart from Osceola Wisconsin and ride the rails to Dresser Wisconsin at 1:30.
We will be given time to check out the old wooden Dresser Depot. It is an old depot from the 18 hundreds that has been fully restored. You get to watch the train turn around there too. I will catch you guys up with pictures today.
Have a great day all.
TF
Good morning all!
Not much to report from Buckeye land other then I was talking to the other two train buffs here at the rest home over breakfast and the subject of hobby shops came up concerning the mandatory Saturday morning trip to the LHS and the excitement about seeing new models and talking to other modelers.. Dean stated he was the odd ball of the group because he collected Lionel and had no use for the other scales. Speaking of which he has a NYC A-A,NYC GP7 (these diesels are post war) and a NYC 700E Hudson( new version) in his room.
Have a great day!
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
JaBear, I had forgotten all about that song. That album came out my last year in college. Right before I retired several years ago, someone asked me what I was going to do. The words of that song came back, and I told them I was gonna move to Montana soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon.
York1 John
gmpullman If anyone is looking for me, I'll be sacked out in the G-N F45#441 locomotive at the Izaac Walton Inn, (My sister-in-law's favorite vacation spot!) over in Essex.
If anyone is looking for me, I'll be sacked out in the G-N F45#441 locomotive at the Izaac Walton Inn, (My sister-in-law's favorite vacation spot!) over in Essex.
Ed, you're making a habit of riding rival trains! Last month you rode on the yellow things and now your sleeping in a big sky blue thing (actually it is a fake blue thing, it's really an ex-atsf unit)! Galcier is GN territory, Yellowstone is NP!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livingston_Depot
Some nice shots here:
https://railroads-of-montana.com/Research_Northern_Pacific_Photos_01.htm
https://izaakwaltoninn.com/
Thanks for taking the reins and setting up the new location for the diner, Isaac.
Regards, Ed
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At the beginning of each month, it is the time to pay our respect to friends no longer with us.
Barry Arnold aka BlownoutCylinderJerry Cox aka Cox47Wolfgang Dudler aka Westport TerminalBob Hartle aka cmrproductsEd MurphyBill NorthStein Rypern, Jr. aka SteinjrAndy SperandeoJeffrey "Running Bear" WimberleyAlan BTom MillsJames W. Rohde aka CapeJimMichael L. Myles aka Inch
"Gone, but never forgotten!"
This month we are a bit north, the North Coast Limited to be specific! Yes, today we are traveling through Montana on the Northern Pacific in a great Lowey Green Streamliner! And soon, says the conductor, we'll be de-training at the beautiful Livingston, Montana depot, and boarding a Northern Pacific Transportation bus for Yellowstone National Park to start our summer!
For now I encourage you to enjoy the passing scenery in the Vista Dome, and on this train you have many choices. There's enough space in these domes for all us forum members!
Enjoy this months Diner folks!